Stationary steam engines, simple and compound; especially as adapted to electric lighting purposes (1890)
Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903 · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 197
The Westinghouse Engine.—Cross Section Through Valve. may be knocked out without injury occurring to any impor-tant, or costly, part of the structure.* * The writer planned an enerine, about the year 1860 in which the wholecylinder-head was made a safety valve which could lift and discharge the… … III. III. Ill, %■ The Westinghouse Engine.—Section Through Shaft. i74 STEAM ENGINES FOR This breaking-piece is intended to yield at a safe pres-sure—200 lbs. per square inch— and thus save the engine.The workmanship on these engines, so far as the writer hasbeen able to examine it, is excellent;…
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